Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Seal of the United States Department of State
Reports to	The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Appointer	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Archibald MacLeish
Formation	1944
Abolished	May 28, 2019
Succession	Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs
Website	Official Website

The Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs was the head of the Bureau of Public Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs reports to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. On May 28, 2019, the bureau merged with the Bureau of International Information Programs into the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, and the duties of the Assistant Secretary of State merged into the duties of the Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs.^[1]